A Guide to Disk Images And Their Role in Data Recovery

Datarecovery.com engineers often use disk images to protect media or to rebuild large multi-drive systems efficiently. This guide explains what disk images are, how they're used, and why they're often important in the data recovery process.
June 24, 2014

Fire Damaged Hard Drives

Know what steps to take if your hard drive is damaged by fire or smoke.
June 24, 2014

Western Digital Data Recovery

While exceptionally good drives, Western Digital, like all other hard drives, occasionally fail. Sometimes these failures can be due to read/write head problems or service track corruption. Usually this damage occurs due to improper cooling, allowing the drive to reach...
June 24, 2014

HGST/Hitachi TravelStar Data Recovery

The History of the Travelstar Hard Drive Series The Travelstar series was originally introduced by IBM and Hitachi, and eventually re-introduced as a product of HGST (now owned by Western Digital). Developed for laptop computers, it is one of the...
June 24, 2014

LaCie Data Recovery

LaCie offers a broad selection of products, from personal hard drives to RAID arrays and NAS servers. Their NAS devices, in particular, have been very well received, and they’re very affordable options for small businesses and even home networks. NAS...
June 23, 2014

Maxtor Data Recovery and Hard Drive Failure Information

While Maxtor drives are not necessarily more prone to failure than other hard drives from major manufacturers, Datarecovery.com has created individual tools to treat some of the most common issues that affect these devices. Some of the most well-known Maxtor...
June 23, 2014

Toshiba Data Recovery

Toshiba is a major manufacturer of hard drives and solid-state drives, and the company has introduced numerous innovations in data storage. Datarecovery.com offers higher-than-average success rates for all Toshiba devices owing to our familiarity with their components and the high...
June 23, 2014

Potential Causes of Data Loss for Fujitsu Laptop Hard Drives

Datarecovery.com provides options for every Fujitsu hard drive, including non-branded models in newer computers.
June 23, 2014

Magnetic Storage Technologies

Magnetic storage is a storage medium commonly used for large volumes of data (e.g., video, image, or remote sensing data). Magnetic tape drives use magnetic tape to store the data. Large amounts of data are stored through tape drives because...
June 23, 2014

Hard Drive Technology Timeline

A look at some of the major innovations in hard drive tech.
June 23, 2014